LinoCat

PSV=Petit St Vincent. The next lisland to the south already belongs to Grenada. The Vanora is also here and they brought us some beer from Petit Martinique.THANKS! The anchorage is only 3m deep and you can see this sandy spot on the picture. The catamaran to the front and left of us is the Espumeru from Finland. Tomorrow we will head for the Tobago Cays

Hi, since there is no Internet or Telephone in Chatham bay, here are some pictures: a small ray right under LinoCat The "Casa Bianca" with Kurt and Brigitte whom we met first in Portugal and last time in Las Palmas when we left for the crossing The restaurant where we had a nice dinner for 12 EUR: -Carpaccio of Tuna with Olive oil and black pepper -Choice of grilled spare ribs, tuna, barracuda or king fish with grilled vegetables, garlic potatoes -cake or peanut ice After the last one had dinner they turned up the music and the last ones arrived on their boats beyond 2. Lani after the dinner. Medianoche and Vanora during the sunset.

Here some recent pics of the little devil!

We caught a nice Barracuda and turned into a delicious dinner together with some salad. We caught it at the same spot, where Bagalut had caught the bigger brother of this one.

We will be there for a fullmoon party so we do not have any telephone or internet coverage for the next days. Only HF SSB and Iridium.

We stayed with Ralf and Inge for the evening and had chicken and salad and potatoes together with Carib beer and red wine. We fished and caught a small Jack and soldier fish. The transfer back to our boat was wet since the wind was around 25 knots but all went well. A bigger catamaran dragged anchor and had to change place 3 times. Our anchor was holding well.

The wind is around 27knots and so we stay in Clifton. In Bequia there was a Gunboat 60 catamaran next to us and i found the website of this beautiful boat: http://www.charterbrochure.com/gazelle/ NICE!

Lani is at the control of the anchor winch. She can already say anchor and anchor chain and know what it is. Whenever the net on the bow is salty she walks around and then licks her feet. We laugh our butts off how much she likes it and how flexible she is. A good Yoga-girl :-) Two girls on the net. This was taken after sunset with the 14mm lens and the light was just beautiful. The "Royal clipper" arrived in Chatham bay for a few hours. When she left she did it under full sail playing loud music. A very majestic sight. Pelicans drifting around for the midday nap. Walter and Brigitte from Bagalut also chilling during lunch time. Their boat is just faboulous, very light and fast. Some of the beach restaurants at Chatham bay. This is a new one. Karin enjoying the beach BBQ with the relaxed atmosphere. Bagalut, leaving the anchorage under sail. The watercolor was almost surreal and the clouds, the water and the Bagalut and Vanora just was a very nice sight.

This is our anchorage behind the reef in Clifton on Union island. The color of the water is amazing and we are 20m away from the reef. We dropped the anchor right behind the reef in 5m and have 25m of chain out.

This is Saltwhistle Bay, since Saline Bay was to bumpy due to waves. The wind has picked up and is around 25 knots so the sailing not so "easy and relaxed". Saltwhistle Bay was nice and in the morning we had the beach for ourselves. In the background are Heinz and Karin. Lani likes to be digged into the sand. Of course there are also the typical palm trees. Since there were clouds we could bring Lani to beack completly naked. This is a picture of the Barracuda steaks we had in Chatham Bay on the beach. Walter from Bagalut has caught the big one. We are now in Clifton, Union Island to go shopping and to wait for less wind but it is said to pick up even more in the next days and turn northerly. So we have to wait.

We do not have phone or internet, so this update is done via SSB radio. Here in the bay there is BAGALUT, VANORA, LA MEDIANOCHE and LINOCAT. Yesterday night we had a beach BBQ with the Barracuda that Walter from Bagalut had caught. Everyone was bringing salad or somehing and it was great fun. Snorkeling here is good, there are even some turtles around. Tomorrow we will move to Mayreau, Saltwhistle bay

Yesterday evening we have been on Vanora together with Ralf and Inge and Walter an Brigitte from the Bagalut, a self built aluminium catamaran which weighs only 4 tons. It was a nice evening. Here are some pictures from the beach of Petit St. Vincent. This is a private island but you can go ashore if staying on the beach. We bought a Tuna this morning and some of the group are trying to get lobster. We might move to Union island today, maybe Clifton first to get rid of the rubbish and then to Chatham bay. The snorkeling should be great there but there is no phone or internet at all!

Just arrived here in paradise. We will now meet with the Vanora and Medianoche Crew. 4 german catamarans are here next to each other. After the coffee we went for snorkeling around the boat to check the anchor. Like always here there is plenty to see and a stingray was just gliding along next to our anchor.

A Philip Starck design built by Blohm&Voss in Germany. 119m long 2x6000HP strong. A very interesting design, we saw her today when we passed through the Tobago Cays.

Since we have many Lani fans, here are pictures from yesterday and today. She was swimming and had a really spicy sausage. But she liked it! She is talking a lot and the favorite word is "NO NO NO", which is sometimes a bit stressful. After us having a nap together we will now go ashore and have an icecream and coffee. The wind is hauling today with more than 20knots and tomorrow morning we might leave for Petit St Vincent to meet VANORA and LA MEDI ANOCHE.